I’m taking a human physiology class from one of my favorite teachers. This is the third class I’ve taken from her. For some reason, her classes trigger quilt ideas. No quilt ideas have come from any other class I’ve ever taken. When I took neurobiology from her, I made two quilts about nerves.
Someday, I’ll bind this one.
When I took animal physiology from her, I made a mitochondria quilt.
Now, I’ve got a human physiology quilt floating in my brain.
When I was in college for real, I majored in biology. I would lay awake at night trying to figure out how water crossed the cell membrane. I loved botany. Had I gone to grad school instead of law school, I would have been a botanist. Now, I’m in college for fun. I take classes that interest me and I’m not working towards another degree. I can’t get another degree; I’m out of wall space.
As I was reading the textbook for my human physiology class, I saw something astounding. There are junctions between human cells that closely resemble junctions between plant cells. I’ve never seen structural overlap like that before. That’s what triggered the quilt idea. The soft idea floating in my head features representations of the parts of biology and the parts of my class that mean the most to me. I need to do some sketching.
In the UFO category, I still haven’t made quilt basting spray which means I still haven’t quilted the suicide quilt although I’ve got a firm idea of how I want to quilt it.
I’ve been working on photographing necklaces I’ve made and putting those necklaces for sale in my store, Deb Thuman Art which you can find here: http://www.DebThumanArt.com
I woke up in pain yesterday. Only one thing to do when that happens – grab the camera, go outside, and start shooting.
I woke up about an hour after sunrise, so I got some interesting light.
The agave that bloomed two years ago still hasn’t died. We didn’t cut the stalk down, and the stalk is now woody and it has become a perch on which birds watch for predators. These are dove.
I’m linking with Nina Marie here: http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com
My Spoonflower shop is here: https://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/deb_thuman
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I love when inspiration comes from an unexpected place!
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It’s amazing that you are taking inspiration from your class. I wanted to study biology in colledge, but instead I winded up majoring in math because Bio didn’t fit in my schedule with work. It’s great that you are able to go back and really appreciate it now.
I’m sorry that you aren’t feeling well, but the pictures are beautiful. Thank you for sharing them!
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